QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1550

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University

Date data was collected:

7/16/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1972

Quilt owner's city:

Marksville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

84

Sizes, overall length:

93

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print

Top fabric, colors:

Brown; Beige or Tan; Blue

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

This quilt was donated to the Hypolite Bordelon Home Society, and the maker is either Mrs. Leo Bize or Mrs. Victor Bize.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1800

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program